Links for 2011-11-02

Inside the mind of the octopus
: “Researchers who study octopuses are convinced that these boneless, alien animals—creatures whose ancestors diverged from the lineage that would lead to ours roughly 500 to 700 million years ago—have developed intelligence, emotions, and individual personalities. Their findings are challenging our understanding of consciousness itself.”
(tags: octopusanimalsbiologyconsciousnessneurosciencescience)